Just after 2 P M—Yours of 22d has just
come—Have you rec'd a letter from J H Johnston proposing
that you & Mr P[ardee] & he go to Havana?—
very cold here now for eight days—The cold affects me unfavorably, but
I think I feel somewhat better—(somewhat plus)—no late
news of O'C[onnor]—I rec'd a letter this mn'g from NY
Herald, from J G B[ennett] himself ask'g me to write for the
paper—I have just had my dinner, corned beef
& mince pie.